Talking about your health experience
invites you to take part in an interview about your health and healthcare. Your participation is voluntary. This means you do not have to
take part in any of these activities.
This sheet tells you what taking part involves. This will help you to decide if you want to take part.
project. This project aims to:
The purpose of the interview is to learn more about your experience of health and healthcare so we can make change to improve it.
Part or all of what you say may appear in public reports and resources that we produce as part of the this project. You will NOT be identified by name. Any videos will not be shown other than at events described below.
will use what you tell us in our
What is involved?
You’ll take part in a face to face interview. The aim is to learn about your experience of health and healthcare. It will take between 1-2 hours.
You’ll talk with Interviewer Name, whose role is Interviewer Role. may ask questions about things like noticing a change in your health, seeking medical assistance, diagnosis, treatment, living with your condition and your experience of health services.
may ask about what has worked well in your healthcare, and what may be improved.
We want you to tell us your story in your way. However, if you would like to you can request a list of possible questions beforehand.
Talking about these topics could be upsetting. Please only talk about things you feel comfortable to talk about. If you’d rather not answer a question or questions, that’s fine. You can stop the interview any time.
We will record the interview with a video camera. After the interview, we will edit the video into a shorter version (about 10 minutes). We will focus on the
Adapted from Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Real People Real Data